It also comes with a 12,000 BTUs per hour side burner, perfect for warming sauces or cooking side dishes. This model also makes use of the porcelain-enameled, cast-iron grates and triangular flavor-enhancing bars that also help with grease management and prevent flare-ups. There is a thermometer built into the lid that allows for easy temperature monitoring. The usual assortment of extras, including two side tables, six hooks for organization, and two all-weather wheels with locking casters are also included.
The temperature inside the grill box hovered at around 250 degrees with the left and right burner dials at the medium setting. After seeing the test through to the end (when the probes hit the temp), the chicken was inedible. Its skin was as leathery as a football and the flesh inside was watery, mushy and thoroughly unappetizing.
The Genesis II uses wedge-shaped bars to cover and protect its burners from grease and drippings. The bars also act as deflectors to spread heat evenly across the grilling surface above as well. All three burners are lit by the same ignition weber q module and its corresponding igniter button. You have to supply it with AA disposable batteries, as you do with most other propane grills. Each of the burners have their own weather-resistant electrodes, however, to improve reliability.
Email updates from our community of grill masters, food enthusiasts, and lovers of outdoor cooking. What I don’t like about it is that the BBQ does not get as hot as what I would expect. The grill does not remain hot after you place steaks on it, it’s virtually impossible to get grill lines on both sides. If you were to wait for grill lines on the second side the steak would be well over cooked.
For the second test, I bumped up the dials a tiny fraction above their midpoint, and the temperature inside the grill rocketed up to 460 degrees in 30 minutes where it stayed. White meat from the breast was slightly dry, however, and overcooked. Regardless I prefer Weber’s targeted approach and the iGrill software overall. Barbecue enthusiasts will enjoy the handy graph that extrapolates when your meal will be done based on current conditions. My favorite feature is how the software pings you when you’re 10 degrees out from your probe’s target temp. It then pings you each time the thermometer rises by 1 degree until your food is done.
Like the Napoleon natural gas grill, the Weber S-435 grill has two side tables. The right table is again equipped with a side burner, but there are no integrated coolers in the other table. Still, you are getting ample tabletop space for food preparation, as well as a few utensil hooks. To allow the buyer maximum control of the grill, this model comes with six different ignition knobs meaning you can cook food as precisely as you want to. Combining this with the inbuilt gourmet BBQ system, and you are given the ability to prove to all your friends that you could have been a chef if you wanted to.